Elicit
AI research assistant for finding and analysing academic papers
Overview
Elicit searches a large database of academic papers and helps summarise, chat with and extract data from them. It is aimed at researchers, analysts and students running literature reviews, including structured systematic review workflows.
Good for
Key features
- Search across 138M+ academic papers
- Paper summaries and chat with full text
- Custom data extraction from papers
- Systematic review workflow
- Research Agent and Research Reports
Pricing
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | — | $49/mo | |
| Scale | — | $169/mo |
From our research of the official pricing page; not yet confirmed by an automatic check. Prices in USD per month: the only currency the page showed us, so UK prices may differ. A dash means that billing option isn't shown.
Free tier
Basic plan: unlimited paper search, summaries and chat with papers; Zotero import; limited Research Agent and Research Report usage.
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Change timeline
Every change we've confirmed on the official pricing page: prices, plans, the free tier and restrictions. Each one was seen on two checks in a row.
No changes since tracking began; last checked 4 Oct 2026. We re-read the pricing page every day.
